Because she still loves me and I love her

While watching “Twilight”, Nooney was busy trying not to quote the dialogue of her 12th viewing line-by-line.  Yes, that was a one followed by a two, 12.  She is also a notorious talker/spoiler of movies.  It usually begins with her saying something that happens a few minutes later in the film, like telling the future of the film, including: quoting a character before he/she/it ever says the line (pre-quoting, maybe?), telling us to “watch ’cause something’s really important is about to happen (it could actually be 30 minutes later when it does), or even leaking a surprise plot twist; she’s an equal opportunity movie-ruiner.  Normally I have no clue what she’s talking about, since whatever was said doesn’t make sense until it starts to vaguely resemble what is happening on screen.  By that time it’s already too late.  To avoid all of the possibilites listed above, she was put on “mute” for the next 120 minutes before I ever “play”.  Yeah, I’m that person, the one who puts on subtitles even when alone just in case I don’t hear something clearly.

Perhaps to keep herself focused on something other than her urge to quote every-single-line, she busied herself with drawing names and coloring.

After the movie she handed me two sheets of paper:

Then she asked, “Juicy, are you gonna put these on your computer?”

Knowing that she was asking me to put them on the site, I said, “Yes, Nooney.  I will scan and post them later.”

“Okay, cool!!”  She smiled and skipped away.

Ah, eleven-year-olds.

It ends in an “a”, not an “uuuuuh”, and I’m not Mexican

On a related note to anyone out there feeling the need to get my attention by calling out my name:

Two newbies joined our lab this week.  A co-worker had an urge to warn one of them about me by saying, “This is Jessica [abrubt stop on the last consonant], not Jessicuuuuh…and do not call her a Mexican.”

Feeling the need for clarification, I addressed the previous statement by saying, “She likes to say my name and drag it on for-EV-ER, and I’m half-Panamanian, not Mexican.”

A thick Vietnamese accent shoots back, “I’m foreign!  How am I supposed to know?!”

Oh, she knows.

This is an example of what I hear on a daily basis.  Literally.

There was another morning she greeted me with, “Jessicuuuuuuh, how do you say ‘good morning’ in Mexican?”

“I’m gonna punch you in your face,” was my response.

That’s how she knows.  Point made.  Lesson learned.

What entertains You?

Over stimulation issues have already been mentioned before as a present, prevalent, and persistent struggle.  Trying to narrow down my interests or really commit to one general topic is something I absolutely avoid, which is probably why my “About” section still contains dummy text, the category sections only correlate with the homepage, and none of the links go to related sites.  The friend actually coding the site has been patiently awaiting all this information and my answer to how I want things to look is still ‘I don’t know’.  There is a vague idea on which interests I would like to write about, but I would love to know what people enjoy reading or would like to see.  Any comments, critiques, suggestions are more than appreciated.